Mimidae

Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Mimidae (thrashers, mockingbirds, catbirds) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Sage Thrasher Bendire’s Thrasher Curve-billed Thrasher Long-billed Thrasher California Thrasher Brown Thrasher Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL

Home Subjects Covers About Contact Mimidae is a family of birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds and catbirds, and are notable for their variety of songs, imitating other birds, animals and sounds. They are the jazz singers of the bird world, seemingly able to endlessly improvise, Phylogenetic studies have shown that they are closely related to

Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos is a member of the family Mimidae in the Order Passeriformes, famed for its ability to mimic the songs of other birds, animals and mechanical sounds. It may have 43 to 203 song types, varying by region, but this is far less than the Brown

Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis is a member of the family Mimidae within the Order Passeriformes and can be found in most of the US east of the Rocky Mountains.  Like other members of its family it mimics the calls of other birds, but also tree frogs and even mechanical

Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Curve-billed Thrasher is a member of the family Mimidae within the Order of Passeriformes that occupies mainly desert regions in the southwest US and most of Mexico.  Sharing a range with the Cactus Wren, both like to nest in Jumping Cholla, and it is very intolerant and fights to